The Washington critic., 1887-05-19
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

The Democratic caucus OF the Florida
Legislature has nominated Pasco for United
States Senator.
Francisco Stakes, deputy United States
marshal at Garlic, IN Iapata County, Tex,
shot and killed his wife Tuesday, aud then
blew his own brains out. Domestic troubles
were the cause.
"A yacht is being built for Mr.. s. s. d.
Thompson at Plttsburg, to be run by,gas,
the gas to be generated from chemicals In
machine which viii occupy about eighteen
inches space in the stern OF the boat.
boiler at the saw-mill OF Be,z & Morri-
son, Gallipolis, Ohio, exploded yesterday,
wrecklng the mill and injuring five men,
three fatally. Charles Brown, a one-armed
soldier, lately from Maiden, w. Va, was
killed. ,.,...
J. v. Barbour OF Grant County, KY,
Tuesday obtained verdict OF $4,000
damages in the United States Court at
Covingtop, KY, against Il. @. Stevenson
OF Ohio, for the seduction Of his daughter,
aged II.
It's reported that the Atcbison, Topeka
and santa Fe Railroad will coon build
line along the coast from Los Angeles,
CAL, TO San Francisco. The new line will
be sixty miles shorter than the Southern
Pacific route.
A barn on truck farm near Harrisburg,
Pa, was burned yesterday morning, with
several head Of cattle, &c. A thief had
taken one Of the horses from the barn and
hitehed 1t to wagon and driven away after
firing the barn. s..tl. ~ u
The Anti-Poverty Society met In Cooper
Union, New York, last night, and perfected
It's organization. The following officers
were elected: President, DIR. McGlynn; vice
president, Henry George; treasurer, Benja-
min uiner; secretary, Michael Clarke.
Fire in Nicholson, Roth & Co.'s slaugh-
ter house at South San Francisco, Cal,
Tuesday night, destroyed nearly the entire
square, including some Of the largest
slaugLter.hou and packing establish.
ments. Loss from $4,000 to 100000.
Seven thousand dollars worth Of Allie
ghapy County (Pa) bonds, the property Of
| Mrs. McWha, that have been missing since
she and her daughter, Mrs Baker, were
| murdered at Holidays Cove, w. Va, were
found yesterday under the marble top OF
| a washstand In the room formerly occupied
by the old lady.
A week ago train on the Mexican Ma
tlonnl road ran over and killed a Mexican
near Patzcuaro. His friends, In revenge,
placed rock on the track and train was
derailed, ipjuring the engineer and killing
the fireman. Thirty-three arrests were made
and three men selected as victims, and Tues.
day morning they were shot to death by
squad OF soldiers.
AS John Reachell, Lowe Hopping and
Bob Boyd, all coored, were piowing Oh
Smithland Island, 60 miles above Cairo ILL.,,
In the Ohio, all In line and separated from
each other about twenty feet, Lightning
which came from small, ileecy cloud In
clear sky, struck them and their mule.
senseess Hopping and Boyd recovered
and Reachell was killed.
Sophia Kemp, German woman SO year,
old, fell or jumped from the roof of her res
| idence, No. 22l East Forty-frst street, New
York, Into the yard Tuesday night and was
killed. A letter written in German was
herself OF having given false evidence
against her son In court year ago, and thus
caused him to be imprisoned. She did not
sign the letter.
| q. Sumner Eyerngham & Co, OF Chicago,
| gave notice to close out their trades yester-
day. 1t is presumed that they were caught
short Of wheat. Everingham was partner
in MsGeoch, EyeIingham & Go, the firm
| which was headed by Peter McGeoch, and
which failed so disastrously when the huge
Mcdeoch lard corner collapsed. After ex-
animation Mr.. Everingham found that he
could settle in full, and by evening had met
all demands.
y. T. Coyle, editor of a Catholic paper In
San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday went to the
| AIhLno Will bleugc uhtumer auu bmhbneu
to pieces statuette Of st. Theresa. The
statuette was discovered In 1867 while work.
men were engaged In making excavations
for building on Houston street, and was
placed In the Alamo. On the breast Of the
image was a Masonic emblem, consisting of
square aud compass. This gave ofTense to
the editor, who is very devout Jesuit.
Coyle was arrested. He stated that It was
his intention to blow up the Alamo with
dynamite II he could not otherwise secure
the removal Of the Objectionable image.
1t is said that A. W. Swan, the Wyoming
cattle king, who failed recently, was the
victim Of a gigantic confidence game,
whereby he lost $500, 900 at one sweep. He
had formed a syndicate OF Western cattle
men to sell cattle to rich Scotch syndi-
cate, but after about Sl,000,000 worth OF
cattle had been bought the deal, for some
reason, fell through. Mr.. Swan, while in
New York shortly afterwards, received a
cablegram purporting to be from the
Scotch syndicate, offering him large ad-
vance on the cattle, and he at once pur-
chased all the cattle from his partners,
only to find that the cablegram was bogus,
and he was obliged to dispose OF the cattle
| at heavy loss